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Right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos banned from Facebook for hate speech. The social media giant designated a group of high-profile people as “dangerous” and removed them from Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. “We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” Facebook said in a statement. “The process …

Liberal Party Vice President Teena McQueen has dismissed right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos as an “entertainer” in a widely-panned appearance on the ABC’s Q&A on Monday night. Yiannopoulos was this month denied an Australian visa by the federal government over his history of inflammatory comments, including remarks he made about Islam after the Christchurch shooting. On …

Immigration Minister David Coleman has denied Milo Yiannopoulos an Australia visa over the right-wing troll’s “appalling” comments on the Christchurch mosque shooting. After the Department of Immigration initally recommended he be banned on character grounds, reports emerged that Coleman had intervened to grant Yiannopoulos the visa. Several Liberal MPs including Tim Wilson and One Nation …

Right-wing troll Milo Yiannopolous may be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour after all, with the Immigration Minister reportedly intervening in his case to grant him a visa. The Department of Home Affairs said last week it was considering refusing Yiannopoulos the visa to enter Australia on “character grounds,” prompting conservative outcry. The …

The federal government has rejected alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos’ application for a visa to enter Australia, angering One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Yiannopoulos had his visa application rejected on character grounds, Nine newspapers reported on Wednesday, and he has a month to appeal the decision. His 2017 tour of Australia saw violent clashes between left- …

Far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos was allegedly more than $2 million in debt this year, according to documents released by the promoters of his cancelled Australian tour. The documents show Yiannopoulos owed $1.6m to his own company; $400,000 to his former sponsors, the billionaire Mercer family; and tens of thousands of dollars to his former lawyers, …

Alt-right attention-seeker Milo Yiannopoulos has had his upcoming Australian tour cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Yiannopoulos, who last year famously urged Australians to vote “no” in the marriage postal survey just months after marrying his own husband, was due to visit Australia for a five-date speaking tour with conservative commentator Ann Coulter in late November. …